Trump, Iran's Abbas Araghchi Say Oman Talks Will Continue
U.S. and Iranian delegations held indirect talks in Muscat and agreed to reconvene next week after an eight-hour meeting.
Overview
President Donald Trump said Friday aboard Air Force One that U.S. indirect talks with Iran in Muscat were "very good" and that the sides would meet again early next week, his remarks showed.
Omans Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi mediated an eight-hour series of indirect meetings in Muscat on Friday aimed at creating conditions for renewed diplomatic and technical negotiations, Omani and Iranian statements said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the session a "good start" but said continuation depended on consultations in Tehran and Washington and insisted discussions should be confined to the nuclear issue, Iranian state media reported.
U.S. officials said about 40,000 American troops remain stationed across the region and that the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group and additional aircraft and air defenses have been positioned near Iran.
U.S. and Omani officials said mediators expect to reconvene in the coming days, but Washingtons push to expand the agenda to missiles, proxies and human rights was rejected by Tehran, raising the risk of renewed military escalation if talks fail.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame the story as a cautious diplomatic opening overshadowed by U.S. military readiness, using militarized descriptors and juxtapositions (talks set against naval buildups), prioritizing U.S. officials and security experts, and curating quotes that stress Iranian threat and mistrust while sidelining alternate Iranian civilian or political views.
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President Trump described the indirect US-Iran talks in Muscat as 'very good' and stated that the sides would meet again early next week.
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